"Sex Characteristics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction.
| Descriptor ID |
D012727
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.815
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Characteristics- Sex Characteristics
- Characteristic, Sex
- Characteristics, Sex
- Sex Characteristic
- Sex Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sex
- Dimorphisms, Sex
- Sex Dimorphisms
- Sex Differences
- Difference, Sex
- Differences, Sex
- Sex Difference
- Sexual Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sexual
- Dimorphisms, Sexual
- Sexual Dimorphisms
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sex Characteristics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1995 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1996 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1997 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1998 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 1999 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2001 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2002 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2003 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2009 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2010 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2011 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2013 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2014 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2015 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2017 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2020 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2021 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2022 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in Profiles.
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Podocyte cell-specific Npr1 is required for blood pressure and renal homeostasis in male and female mice: role of sex-specific differences. Physiol Genomics. 2024 Oct 01; 56(10):672-690.
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Genetic or pharmacological GHSR blockade has sexually dimorphic effects in rodents on a high-fat diet. Commun Biol. 2024 May 25; 7(1):632.
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Sex differences in the effects of individual anxiety state on regional responses to negative emotional scenes. Biol Sex Differ. 2024 Feb 13; 15(1):15.
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Sex differences in the well-being of interventional cardiologists. J Invasive Cardiol. 2024 Feb; 36(2).
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Race/ethnicity and sex differences in the association between area-level arsenic exposure concentration and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence rates in Texas. An ecological study. Environ Res. 2024 Jan 01; 240(Pt 2):117538.
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Sex Differences in Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Incidence, Clinicopathological Profile, Survival, and Costs. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2023 11; 32(11):1257-1264.
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The Y of cancer sex differences. Clin Transl Med. 2023 09; 13(9):e1402.
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Sex Differences in Thoracic Aortic Disease and Dissection: JACC Review Topic of the Week. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 08 29; 82(9):817-827.
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Conditional deletion of CD25 in the corneal epithelium reveals sex differences in barrier disruption. Ocul Surf. 2023 Oct; 30:57-72.
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Sex differences in myocardial remodeling and extracellular volume in aortic regurgitation. Sci Rep. 2023 07 13; 13(1):11334.